• Featured Story - Créme de la Créme of Campfire Recipes
• Shop SC – Cromer's P-Nuts
• Featured Chef – Chef Tarver King, Woodlands Resort and Inn
• Featured Event - Pageland Watermelon Festival
• Savory Reels – Chef Billy Strynkowski's 'Perfect Zucchini' Tip
• Featured Recipe – The Boiled Peanut
• Your Camping Recipe – Share your camping recipe
• Restaurant Talk – SC's 'Cheesy' Love Affair

Ah, the great SC outdoors and those long summer days - a sunny combination that offers so many ways to Savor the Flavors of the Palmetto State. From the créme de la créme in hot campfire recipes to cool tips for serving the perfect summer squash, this month we celebrate SC culinary fun in the sun.

Campfire Recipes

After working up a healthy appetite exploring the great outdoors in one of South Carolina's beautiful State Parks, it's time to prepare a tasty meal by the campfire.

No matter what your camping style, you'll find the perfect campsite in an SC State Park, and you're sure to savor our collection of 'the créme de la créme in campfire recipes.

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Cromers P-Nuts

"Guaranteed Worst in Town," Cromer's P-Nuts was opened in 1935 by Julian D. Cromer who sold peanuts and a variety of vegetables at a one-man stand in Columbia. Today you can order all things nutty at Cromer's online store.

Shop SC

Chef Tarver King,
Woodlands Resort and Inn

If you prefer your SC outdoors served with a taste of elegance, dine at Woodlands Resort and Inn, a Mobil 5-Star, AAA Five Diamond luxury resort located on 42 park-like acres of pines, palmettos, and ancient oaks.

Executive Chef Tarver King lends his artistic touch to delicate dishes in the Woodlands Dining Room, world-renowned for its imaginative cuisine and superlative service.

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Pageland Watermelon Festival

According to some food "mythologists" the lucky food for July is Watermelon!  Lucky for us, we're all invited to the annual Pageland Watermelon Festival held each year in historic Pageland, SC. Traditional music, a rodeo, savory selections of delicious foods and a car show honor the summer king of fruits.

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Whether it's oven roasted or cooked on an open fire, zucchini makes a delicious side for any meal. Cooking Light Excecutive Chef Billy Strynkowski shows us how easy it is to avoid limp and lifeless and serve a zucchini that's crisp and delicious.

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The Boiled Peanut

The Official Snack Food of South Carolina, boiled peanuts are best eaten outside and should always be consumed with a beer, sweet tea or a cola. We celebrate our love of the peanut every August at the Annual SC Peanut Party in Pelion, SC.

Find out more about the festival and get your own recipe for this SC Famous Flavor.

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If you camp, you probably have a savory campfire recipe you always cook in the great outdoors. Share your campfire favorites and search our Recipe Listings for favorite recipes submitted by other Savor the Flavor e-news readers.

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The first Clemson University Blue Cheese was cured in Stumphouse Mountain Tunnel in 1941. From humble pimento to piquant goat - South Carolina has enjoyed a long love affair with cheese. Log in to our foodie blog to find the best edible blues in the state.